The Night  Visitor- Patrick Redmond- Psychological/ contemporary/ ghost

Meg has a gift- one that allows her to “ see “ things. Things that usually come true.

As child she is a little scared by this and thinks that she is making things happen.

Her mother reassures her that as her grandmother before her- good can come from

this. Her mother sadly dies and her father having left them years earlier and having

remarried, comes to give them a home. His new wife has her own ideas of parenting

however and Meg discovers her harming her young sister. Years later, as an adult,

Meg is in Cornwall to get away from it all as she has now lost her sister Grace.

When she starts to see things again she is very unnerved and wants to run away

from it. Having chatted this over with someone who understands, she returns to

face whoever it is that is trying to talk to her. This is almost a ghost story and a

mystery combined. One person said they read this in one sitting and I can quite

see why. There is something, just something, that I can’t quite put my finger on

that grabs you and keeps you turning. I took to Meg- maybe that was it- why she

was seeing things and dreaming vivid dreams. “There are more things in heaven

and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy” A quote from

Shakespeare which is used in the book, explains it better than I ever could.

I loved this. I didn’t see where it was going at all. A tale to remember,

a truly wonderful enchanting read.

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